Kraken denies SEC claims, argues digital assets aren’t securities: Law Decoded

One of the developers working on “BitVM” — a Bitcoin-based virtual machine — reiterates the tech is intended to scale Bitcoin rather than launching Ethereum-like decentralized finance applications on the network.BitVM’s whitepaper was released by ZeroSync’s project lead Robin Linus on Oct. 10 with technical support provided by pseudonymous developer “Super Testnet” — implementing BitVM’s

San Francisco-based blockchain startup Ripple has announced three new appointments to its global regulatory team and that the company will be joining the Blockchain Association.Per an Oct. 22 blog post, Ripple has onboarded four new members — Craig Phillips, Michelle Bond, Ron Hammond and Susan Friedman — to its global regulatory team based in Washington…

The convergence of ZK-proofs and decentralized identity systems could create more compliant privacy-preserving protocols, without sacrificing user privacy.

Bitcoin (BTC) may have avoided fresh losses since falling to $17,600 last month, but the sentiment is on the floor.Now, one classic crypto market mood gauge is showing just how long and hard the average investor has suffered.70 days of "extreme fear"While crypto market sentiment was already "comparable to funeral" before the start of 2022,…

"There is also no doubt in our mind that a major central bank will soon launch a digital currency and we expect this to happen within the next three years," said Guardtime. 289 Total views 3 Total shares Research from European blockchain company Guardtime suggests that the current pandemic may have accelerated the launch of…

Binance, the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by 24-hour volume, has hired an exec from one of its foremost competitor exchanges, Huobi.According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Jan. 30, Binance has hired Josh Goodbody as its new director of European and Latin American growth and institutional business. Prior to joining Binance, Goodbody worked as head of…

As self-custody puts a lot of responsibility on a user, many may find self-custody way too uncomfortable or too hard to handle. 50 Total views 8 Total shares While some experts believe that self custody is one of the genuine purposes of crypto, such a way of storing coins is not really suitable for everyone,…

Active addresses and transaction counts on the Bitcoin SV network saw unbelievable growth in the two days leading up to the CoinGeek Live conference in New York this week. Active BSV addresses grew from 110,000 on September 28, to 947,400 addresses today.That's an astonishing growth rate of 761%, in just two days leading up to…

The transfer involving the Nomad Bridge exploiter and Tornado Cash highlights the ongoing battle between privacy and regulation in the cryptocurrency industry.